Anurag Quotes & Sayings

When people who are seeking change start out, they are driven by commitment to a cause. But as internecine power struggles take over, one-time idealists fall prey to corruption. They become just as corrupt and manipulative as the system that they want to overthrow. — Anurag Kashyap

To get noticed, I had to take my films in a space which was much more democratic in terms of cinema - the international film festivals. — Anurag Kashyap

All those pseudo-Hollywood movies set nowhere, with everybody good looking and having great physique - that's not working any more. — Anurag Kashyap

People always accuse me of making these dark, depressing movies. 'Why do you have to pick up on real issues? People are so exhausted and miserable.' — Anurag Kashyap

India needs better producers than screenwriters. No producer wants to invest in out-of-the way scripts. — Anurag Kashyap

Nostalgia can be more painful than a surgeon's knife. — Anurag Shourie

Entertainment's definition has been reduced to making people happy. — Anurag Kashyap

I think the perspective that small-town directors bring to films is very different. — Anurag Kashyap

I am not born to make dreamy movies. — Anurag Kashyap

There is more to Indian cinema than just Bollywood. I think regional cinema, especially Tamil and Marathi cinema, are exploring some really bold themes. — Anurag Kashyap

I'm very emotional and possessive about all my films. — Anurag Kashyap

Self-destruction is an art; cursed are the exponents. — Anurag Shourie

We need to stop objectifying our women in what we call our second religion ... Our films. And our TV shows. — Anurag Kashyap

The mighty trojans fell, and so did i.
A wooden horse you were not, yet in a pool of my own blood i lie.
Dawn follows every dusk, and all that rises - fall it must.
So, my blood shall find its way and trickle down your eyes.
The day your deeds of today, eventually make you cry. — Anurag Anand

Magic doesn't mean to earn something or to get something. Magic is the will power. You can grow crops, but you can't create them. Difference is, one is the will power and the other is temptation. Magic selects the eligible but can't give them the proper direction. — Anurag Bhatt

I would personally not run down any cinema just because I am not capable of making it. Anurag Kashyap makes a certain kind of cinema; I make a different kind. But when we meet, we are friendly. — Rohit Shetty

Tears can ruin the handiwork of the best beautician. — Anurag Shourie

Love is just like God. Some believe in it, some don't. You can only feel love and that too if you are open to its existence. Likewise, an atheist cannot feel the presence of the divine because his mind is shut to the possibility of there being one. — Anurag Shourie

There was a time I had resentment against everything mainstream. — Anurag Kashyap

There is a very thin line of demarcation dividing true love from unadulterated lust. What is love without the pleasures of the flesh and what is lust sans a fluttering heart? — Anurag Shourie

You are not a human being if you don't have a curiosity. — Anurag Tomar

Time changes from sleep in moments to sleep of moments — Anurag Bhatt

If you get validation from outside, then suddenly everything you do at home is justified. — Anurag Kashyap

The time is ripe for young Indian authors writing in the English language. — Anurag Shourie

Everyone in this world is Abhimanyu, the difference being that most of us are trapped in a labyrinth of our own creation. It takes a lifetime for people to realise that the way out lies in their own hands. All it requires is a little introspection. — Anurag Shourie

I do not make movies to send any message, but my treatment makes my viewers think on the subject. — Anurag Kashyap

If you couldn't find the answer in your past then, perhaps, you could sort it out in the future. — Anurag Bhatt

Not very tall, not very dark but very...very handsome,' was his way of describing himself. — Anurag Shourie

Kalki is the best thing that has ever happened to me. I am madly in love with her. — Anurag Kashyap

An idle mind is a devil's workshop and I am prone to renting out my mind to the first bidder. — Anurag Shourie

I guess short films have a bright future ... The advantage is budget. — Anurag Kashyap

I think about my films for a long time, maybe years, but I write them in days. — Anurag Kashyap

Through movies, I have met nearly everyone I have wanted to, except Woody Allen. — Anurag Kashyap

I am still where I started. I am still struggling. In fact, the struggle has only got bigger. I always try to go beyond my means, and this where the struggle comes in. — Anurag Kashyap

In 'Gangs of Wasseypur,' I wanted to take violence forward and play it up. — Anurag Kashyap

A weapon is only an extension of one's own persona; as lethal or useless as the person wielding it. — Anurag Shourie

'The Dark Knight' is a really good movie that reached both critics and mainstream audiences. — Anurag Kashyap

The censor boards are mere redundant forces conspiring to keep the 'bold' films out of reach of the audience. — Anurag Kashyap

I think the Internet has changed the world. — Anurag Kashyap

Being a doctor, you are not supposed to give vent to any signs of revulsion on encountering the most noxious of odours or the most gruesome of sights. — Anurag Shourie

One must go for a film with an open mind; a film best impacts you when your mind is a blank page to the film. — Anurag Kashyap

I love travelling, and most scripts have been written while I have been travelling. — Anurag Kashyap

It was only in the early 1990s - during my student years as an aspiring scientist at Delhi University - that I discovered the world of cinema. — Anurag Kashyap

Even the most artistic of imaginings can sometimes seem callow in the face of truth. That which appears may not be and that which lies hidden may just be the stark, naked face of reality. — Anurag Anand

Chennai is the birthplace of a new language in cinema. The audiences here are the most evolved moviegoers to be found anywhere in India. — Anurag Kashyap

The quality of mainstream cinema has changed. A lot of independent voices feel they can leave everything behind and make independent films. — Anurag Kashyap

I am a straight talker. I am not politically correct or diplomatic. — Anurag Kashyap

'Bombay Velvet' is my first film in a trilogy about Bombay, before it became a metropolis. — Anurag Kashyap

The West sometimes doesn't understand Bollywood, but they can definitely understand how Bollywood influences people. — Anurag Kashyap

Burn me down to ashes,
Lend me to the flames.
Rise again I valiantly shall,
For LOVE is but my name. — Anurag Anand

Studios never put pressure. They know the kind of films I want to make. — Anurag Kashyap

I think I had more freedom when I began making films. I did not know what could not be done. I was naive. I did what I wanted to. As you gain awareness, you start losing freedom. — Anurag Kashyap

There shouldn't be any censorship on making a film. — Anurag Kashyap

Death is the only certainty in life. The moment we are born, our journey towards our final destination begins. It's the beauty or the ugliness of that journey that defines our life; the distances covered varying in each case. Every flower that has bloomed in the free breeze of spring has to wither in the cruel icy autumn draught. — Anurag Shourie

In India, there is a psychological problem that movies going to film festivals are boring. It is a problem with exhibitors. — Anurag Kashyap

The pain of an unpublished manuscript is akin to the trauma of bearing an unborn. — Anurag Shourie

Are red haired girls, red all over? — Anurag Mathur

A half-truth is even more dangerous than a lie. A lie, you can detect at some stage, but half a truth is sure to mislead you for long. — Anurag Shourie

I don't know if I'd ever want to show my college life in the films I make. I think I've passed that stage long ago. — Anurag Kashyap

The lower the cost of the film, the more you can experiment. — Anurag Kashyap

Cinema is an art form. — Anurag Kashyap

Politicians take something out of context to create problems. — Anurag Kashyap

I used to spend a lot of time cutting out film posters from papers and putting them up on the wall in my room. — Anurag Kashyap

Everybody hates lie but nobody wants to hear the truth. — Anurag Bhatt

My cards and flowers always got rejected on Valentines Day. — Anurag Kashyap

I'm a huge Coppola fan. But more of 'Apocalypse Now' and 'The Conversation.' 'The Godfather' for me is, like, number three or four on the list. — Anurag Kashyap

First, stop making formula films that people have already started rejecting.

This year, several big budget films haven't been entertained by the audience.Still stars continue to dictate terms.

The youth wants new good content.

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Saturday,Dec.20,2014 — Anurag Kashyap

It is an entirely selfish decision to turn producer because I want my kind of cinema to last and flourish, and helping young filmmakers make those kind of films is the best way to do it. — Anurag Kashyap

Cinema is much more than heroes and villains. — Anurag Kashyap

I've become a lot more tolerant; I think before I talk. I can take a lot now. I don't get as angry as I used to. Whenever I do, I channel my anger into my work. — Anurag Kashyap

It is very good to bridge the gaps between Indian and international cinema. — Anurag Kashyap

Now Anurag will be called Abhinav Kashyap's brother — Abhinav Kashyap

I shoot reality-based movies, and in actual locations, shooting them with a star is next to impossible. — Anurag Kashyap

When violence is real and you flinch away from it, violence does not push people to try and imitate that. Often, we shun the violence that makes us flinch, because it disturbs us. And what makes us uncomfortable and disturbs us is not often bad. What disturbs us will not make us imitate that. — Anurag Kashyap

Every film has an origin. It is made under certain circumstances, and that is a very important point that should be kept in mind during a review. — Anurag Kashyap

Enough of medical ethics. Let Uncle
Hippocrates rest in peace. It's time to send an S.O.S to Uncle Omar Khayyam instead. — Anurag Shourie

When you are very idealistic, but caught in a world which is all about business, it creates anguish. — Anurag Kashyap

I want my films to be seen everywhere. — Anurag Kashyap

Destiny plays its cards in a way that no one can comprehend. — Anurag Shourie

Every war has its martyrs - the unsung heroes who sometimes don't even know the rationale behind the war they are fighting. They fight because they are trained to, kill because they are told to and die because they are destined to. — Anurag Shourie

A child is a best story teller if it is encouraged to do so. Parents shouldn't get confused between a lie and an excuse. They should let their children open for excuses and see how many fantasies come into existence. — Anurag Bhatt

Fans are your greatest enemies because they tend to bracket you. And the moment someone expects I should do something, I break out. I often tell fans who say, 'Make a 'Gulal 2' or 'Gangs 3,' that I am living my dream, not theirs. — Anurag Kashyap

Conventional Indian cinema is about people falling in love. They sing, they dance. — Anurag Kashyap

Independent graphic novelists have already achieved good work in terms of design, but all these great minds are writing in English. There is a need for people to write in Hindi. — Anurag Kashyap

I decide intuitively what I want to do. When directors like Imtiaz Ali, Ayan Mukerji, Anurag Basu and Anurag Kashyap, who have stories to tell, come to me, why would I not be a part of it? — Ranbir Kapoor

For me, every book is an individual with its own identity and has to be nurtured and taken care
of, so that it may survive for a longer period. — Anurag Shourie

I love the digital camera because it makes shooting easier and economical. I shoot fast, and I can shoot a lot. I shoot rehearsal; I just keep on shooting nonstop. — Anurag Kashyap

For me, any kind of thing that has stood for 100 years tells me of the health of that thing. So, cinema completing a hundred years in India just says that it is very healthy. — Anurag Kashyap

When I'm making a film, I don't want my producer to be on the sets. So when I'm producing a film, I don't want to be on the sets! — Anurag Kashyap

I love Back Stage. I have lots of theater friends and actors who depend on Back Stage. — Anurag Kashyap

I was 16 when I got admission in Hans Raj College. I completed school when I was 16, so everyone in my class - Zoology Honours batch 92 - was 18, and I was often treated like a kid. — Anurag Kashyap

Films are like oxygen for me. — Anurag Kashyap

Distinguishing between correlation and causation is critical to our understanding of the biology and conservation of monarchs and milkweeds. Turning back to our study of chocolate: countrywide spending on science also correlates with per capita income, the latter of which correlates with chocolate consumption (at least in the Western world). Even so, I would happily participate in a controlled study to determine the influence of chocolate consumption on scientific discoveries. — Anurag Agrawal

Change the world, I know I won't,
Enthralling as always I hope it remains,
A kaleidoscope of joy, sorrow and pain.
But my only wish as I take this jaunt,
Is for my words on you to impress upon,
A smile, a tear or even an angry frown. — Anurag Anand

I didn't ask anyone to make me a poster boy, because poster boys always end up on dart boards. — Anurag Kashyap

Quarrels can be sorted out but the bitterness remains,
No one gets anything and no one explains,
Hands can be shaken but the hearts cannot be congregated,
Those who were separated can't be aggregated. — Anurag Bhatt

When you can't handle the heady concoction of wine and women, it's time to pack up your bags and quit. — Anurag Shourie

Indian films have this obsession with hygienic clean spaces, even though the country's not so clean. They're either shot in the studios or shot in London, in America, in Switzerland - clean places. Everywhere except India. — Anurag Kashyap